Daniel Agger ‘to be offloaded by Liverpool this summer’ as they attempt to sign Southampton’s Dejan Lovren

Liverpool are reportedly desperate to sell defender Daniel Agger this summer – with the club already having offered the player to Barcelona.

The 29-year-old – who made just 23 appearances for the Reds last season – admitted in May that he did not know where his future lay because he believed that manager Brendan Rodgers didn’t rate him enough.

And Spanish newspaper, Mundo Deportivo, have now claimed that Liverpool want to transfer Agger in the coming months – with the club even offering the defender to Spanish giants Barcelona.

The publication reports that the Catalan club, who need to find a replacement for Carles Puyol, received the proposal three months ago, and assessed the player’s technical level but ended up rejecting it.

The Merseyside club’s offer was apparently not linked to Luis Suarez’s prospective move to the Spanish club and will have no bearing on the Uruguay international’s future.

Liverpool are keen to bolster their defensive options before the start of the new Premier League campaign with Southampton recently rejecting a £20m bid for defender Dejan Lovren.